who was the fastest pitcher to 1000 strikeouts

Tom Browning and Ralph Terry are tied for striking out the fewest career batters when striking out 1,000+ batters, with 1,000 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

Who was the fastest pitcher to 1000 or more strikeouts?

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Tom Browning T. Browning	1,000	302	123	90	.577	300	3.94	31	12	0	1921.0	1,931	841	913	236	511	32	1	61	8,066	25	4.69	2.39	1.96	1.11	12.4	6.3	1.27	.270	4.28	103	4.20	109	9.05	-64.9
2	Ralph Terry R. Terry	1,000	338	107	99	.519	257	3.62	75	20	12	1849.1	1,748	744	844	216	446	24	37	28	7,598	18	4.87	2.17	2.24	1.05	13.2	5.9	1.19	.259	4.11	98	3.73	99	8.51	6.8
3	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	1,001	174	46	36	.561	135	3.69	0	0	0	793.2	595	325	345	99	303	13	9	6	3,233	63	11.35	3.44	3.30	1.12	31.0	9.4	1.13	.273	3.91	89	3.46	83	6.75	64.9
4	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	1,002	319	127	93	.577	249	4.38	115	18	12	1915.1	1,981	933	1,063	142	809	25	45		8,450	55	4.71	3.80	1.24	0.67	11.9	9.6	1.46	.284	4.99	100	4.36	100	9.31	0.2
5	Kirk McCaskill K. McCaskill	1,003	380	106	108	.495	242	4.12	30	11	7	1729.0	1,748	791	876	154	665	34	55	35	7,405	72	5.22	3.46	1.51	0.80	13.5	9.0	1.40	.287	4.56	101	4.03	97	9.10	20.1
6	Don McMahon D. McMahon	1,003	874	90	68	.570	2	2.96	0	0	152	1310.2	1,054	431	482	104	579	34	505	84	5,503	75	6.89	3.98	1.73	0.71	18.2	10.5	1.25	.251	3.31	84	3.43	97	7.24	14
7	Lefty Tyler L. Tyler	1,003	323	127	116	.523	267	2.95	181	30	7	2230.0	1,990	730	947	51	829	67	45		9,222	55	4.05	3.35	1.21	0.21	10.9	9.0	1.26	.267	3.82	96	3.11	101	8.03	-2.7
8	Justin Masterson J. Masterson	1,004	258	64	74	.464	184	4.31	7	4	0	1201.0	1,181	575	625	97	498	93	17	17	5,217	66	7.52	3.73	2.02	0.73	19.2	9.5	1.40	.308	4.68	107	3.93	97	8.85	15.2
9	James Paxton J. Paxton	1,005	177	73	41	.640	177	3.77	2	1	0	951.0	872	398	437	111	314	12	0	9	3,978	59	9.51	2.97	3.20	1.05	25.3	7.9	1.25	.300	4.14	90	3.60	85	8.25	68
10	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	1,006	1,005	62	67	.481	7	3.42	0	0	142	1188.1	983	451	492	127	464	56	422	80	4,966	39	7.62	3.51	2.17	0.96	20.3	9.3	1.22	.258	3.73	81	3.95	94	7.44	38.1
11	Ray Caldwell R. Caldwell	1,006	343	134	120	.528	259	3.22	184	21	8	2242.0	2,089	802	972	59	738	63	65		9,091	29	4.04	2.96	1.36	0.24	11.1	8.1	1.26	.281	3.90	100	3.06	97	8.39	31.1
12	Mark Davis M. Davis	1,007	624	51	84	.378	85	4.17	4	2	96	1145.0	1,068	530	582	129	534	28	265	63	4,955	63	7.92	4.20	1.89	1.01	20.3	10.8	1.40	.288	4.57	113	3.96	106	8.39	-29.5
13	Mat Latos M. Latos	1,011	197	71	59	.546	189	3.64	4	1	0	1153.1	1,042	466	503	116	353	22	3	26	4,791	34	7.89	2.75	2.86	0.91	21.1	7.4	1.21	.282	3.93	96	3.61	92	8.13	37.1
14	Zane Smith Z. Smith	1,011	360	100	115	.465	291	3.74	35	16	3	1919.1	1,980	798	933	122	583	31	16	55	8,077	28	4.74	2.73	1.73	0.57	12.5	7.2	1.34	.294	4.37	94	3.59	92	9.28	70.1
15	Bill Doak B. Doak	1,014	453	169	157	.518	369	2.98	162	34	16	2782.2	2,676	920	1,184	71	851	65	63		11,582	38	3.28	2.75	1.19	0.23	8.8	7.3	1.27	.272	3.83	93	3.23	100	8.66	-5
16	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	1,015	355	133	131	.504	330	3.30	90	20	1	2218.1	2,217	813	947	173	426	42	9	75	9,103	33	4.12	1.73	2.38	0.70	11.2	4.7	1.19	.274	3.84	99	3.24	94	8.99	51.9
17	Jack Fisher J. Fisher	1,017	400	86	139	.382	265	4.06	62	9	9	1975.2	2,061	891	1,024	193	605	52	65	39	8,452	56	4.63	2.76	1.68	0.88	12.0	7.2	1.35	.284	4.66	115	3.77	108	9.39	-59.3
18	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	1,024	156	61	44	.581	153	3.05	1	1	0	880.1	703	298	327	102	192	31	1	0	3,502	11	10.47	1.96	5.33	1.04	29.2	5.5	1.02	.279	3.34	74	3.08	74	7.19	103.3
19	Clay Buchholz C. Buchholz	1,024	236	90	69	.566	218	3.98	10	6	0	1332.1	1,272	589	644	139	458	49	7	11	5,607	30	6.92	3.09	2.24	0.94	18.3	8.2	1.30	.288	4.35	93	4.07	100	8.59	-1.5
20	Pat Malone P. Malone	1,024	357	134	92	.593	219	3.74	114	15	27	1915.0	1,934	795	936	103	705	45	107		8,276	51	4.81	3.31	1.45	0.48	12.4	8.5	1.38	.286	4.40	90	3.92	93	9.09	61.8
21	Bryn Smith B. Smith	1,028	365	108	94	.535	255	3.53	23	8	6	1791.1	1,725	702	808	140	432	48	39	43	7,434	33	5.16	2.17	2.38	0.70	13.8	5.8	1.20	.274	4.06	96	3.44	94	8.67	46.9
22	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	1,030	732	86	81	.515	89	3.57	10	0	318	1291.1	1,233	512	568	138	351	36	557	42	5,391	53	7.18	2.45	2.93	0.96	19.1	6.5	1.23	.285	3.96	86	3.61	87	8.59	74.5
23	Howard Ehmke H. Ehmke	1,030	427	166	166	.500	338	3.75	199	20	15	2820.2	2,873	1,174	1,424	103	1,042	137	68		12,081	28	3.29	3.32	0.99	0.33	8.5	8.6	1.39	.284	4.54	97	3.86	100	9.17	1.8
24	Sidney Ponson S. Ponson	1,031	298	91	113	.446	278	5.03	29	4	1	1760.1	2,004	983	1,051	223	609	45	7	19	7,676	53	5.27	3.11	1.69	1.14	13.4	7.9	1.48	.309	5.37	112	4.66	103	10.25	-21.7
25	Joaquin Andujar J. Andujar	1,032	405	127	118	.518	305	3.58	68	19	9	2153.0	2,016	857	955	155	731	51	37	65	9,008	33	4.31	3.06	1.41	0.65	11.5	8.1	1.28	.264	3.99	101	3.78	106	8.43	-57.2

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